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How to setup PostgreSQL & Rails on Cloud9
At time of writing, Cloud9 has PostgreSQL pre-installed, so you won't need to install it yourself. However, its not running by default, so you will need to start it with this command in the terminal:
sudo service postgresql start
Change the PostgreSQL password to 'password' (or choose a different password):
sudo sudo -u postgres psql
# This will open the psql client.
# Type \password and press enter to begin process
# of changing the password:
postgres=# \password
# Type your new password (e.g. "password") and press enter twice:
Enter new password:
Enter it again:
# Password changed, quit psql with \q
postgres=# \q
Edit your config/database.yml to be:
default: &default
adapter: postgresql
encoding: unicode
pool: 5
# Important configs for cloud9, change password value
# to what you entered in the previous psql step.
template: template0
username: ubuntu
password: password
development:
<<: *default
database: your_app_name_development
test:
<<: *default
database: your_app_name_test
production:
<<: *default
database: your_app_name_production
username: your_app_name
password: <%= ENV['YOUR_APP_NAME_DATABASE_PASSWORD'] %>
(Note the template, username, and password configs in the default section above are essential).
Add the pg gem to your Gemfile:
gem 'pg'
Run bundle install.
Remove the sqlite gem from your Gemfile (and optionally delete the db/*.sqlite3 files).
Create the database, load schema.rb, and seed the database using the db:setup task:
bundle exec rake db:setup
# Run bin/rake -AD db to see all db-related tasks
Start or restart your rails app and check it is working.
Note, the non-seed data from your old sqlite database will not be present in the new database.
If you ever want to use the psql client to interact with PostgreSQL directly, in the terminal run psql or run bin/rails db.